Cedar Woman (67 page)

⁵⁶
_{Hey
choo
schnee
y
eh
lah
–
Don’t
do
that}

⁵⁷
Eeesh-t
d
ah
wa
hm
blee
w
e
en
–
Woman
with
t
h
e
e
y
es
of
an
Eagle

A
s
a
n
el
d
e
r
,
R
e
v
a
tra
d
itio
n
a
ll
y
h
e
ld
t
h
e
privile
g
e
of
b
eing
t
h
e
first to
s
p
eak.
J
u
l
i
e
wo
u
l
d
n
o
t
a
d
dress
h
e
r
d
i
rectly
un
til
R
e
v
a
g
a
v
e
h
er per
m
ission by
spe
a
ki
n
g
to h
e
r first.

In
the
Native A
m
erican
cultur
e
,
respect
and
pr
i
v
ileges
ar
e
ext
e
nd
e
d to
the
elders for
their
ac
c
u
m
ul
a
ted
k
now
ledge
a
nd
ex
peri
e
n
ces.
In a
dd
ition
to
res
p
ectf
u
lly
wait
in
g
f
o
r
tacit
p
e
r
m
issi
o
n
to
spea
k
,
J
u
lie
was careful
not
to
l
o
ok
Reva
in
the
face
.
N
o
t only was Re
v
a
an
el
d
er, b
u
t a f
u
l
l
b
lo
o
d
Lak
o
ta
.
As
a
q
u
a
r
te
r
b
lo
o
d
,
ou
t
o
f
re
s
p
ect
,
J
uli
e
w
o
u
l
d
n
o
t look
her in
t
h
e
face
until
g
i
v
e
n
per
m
ission,
a
lbeit unspoken, to
do so.

“
Hau
K
o
la,”
R
eva o
f
fer
e
d.

“
Hau
K
o
la,”
J
u
lie
retur
n
ed,
n
od
d
ing
t
o
Vic
k
i
a
n
d
t
h
e
o
t
h
er
g
u
ests. Tu
r
n
i
n
g
t
o
R
ev
a,
s
h
e
c
onti
n
u
e
d,

“
Unci,
I
'
m Ju
l
i
e
S
p
otted
Eag
l
e
H
o
rs
e
,
or
i
g
i
n
ally
from P
i
ne
R
idge
of t
h
e
Pes
l
a
O
y
ate”
Ju
l
ie
re
sp
o
n
d
e
d,
giv
i
ng
R
eva
t
h
e
ho
n
o
rary
na
m
e
of Gr
an
d
m
other,
givi
n
g
h
e
r
cl
a
n
ties,
a
n
d
a
c
k
no
wle
d
g
i
n
g
Vicki
a
n
d
h
e
r
gu
e
sts all at the sa
m
e t
i
m
e
.

J
u
lie t
u
r
n
ed
t
o Le
n
a and
s
m
il
ed
.

“
I
am
happy
that
you
accept
e
d
m
y
invitation,
and h
a
ve brought your frie
n
ds
an
d
yo
u
r
gr
an
d
m
other.
I
am ho
no
red
t
o
wel
c
o
m
e
y
ou
to
m
y c
a
m
p
.”

G
u
ests and
hostess settled
d
o
wn
t
o
li
gh
t co
nv
e
rsatio
n
.
The wo
j
a
p
e was
s
w
eet a
n
d
deliciou
s
,
t
h
e
f
ry bre
a
d
li
g
ht and
satisf
y
i
ng
.
Lena
w
as
j
u
s
t taking
a
bite, wh
e
n
s
h
e
al
m
o
st
c
h
ok
e
d
w
i
th
lau
g
hter.
U
po
n
enter
i
ng Julie’s
lod
g
e,
h
er
eyes focused
o
n
t
h
e
tipi
itself,
its
co
n
str
u
cti
o
n
and f
u
rni
s
hi
n
g
s.
She had
n
o
t noticed
t
h
at
J
u
lie
had
c
h
an
ged
o
u
t of h
e
r regalia.
Now,
sitting
ac
r
oss
from
her,
she
beca
m
e
aware
that
Julie
was wear
i
n
g a tee
s
h
irt: “Body by
Fry B
r
e
a
d” e
m
blazoned acro
s
s the
front.

Julie
was
an
i
m
pressive
figure,
sta
t
u
e
s
q
ue, in
fact,
sta
n
di
n
g
at 5
’
7”, with
waist
le
n
g
t
h
,
m
ediu
m
,
b
r
o
w
n
hair,
a
gray
stre
a
k
s
p
i
lling
f
r
om
her widow’s
peak,
and
brown
/
green
eyes.
H
e
r
figure
was
what
one
could on
l
y
call
R
ub
e
ne
s
qu
e
.
The
l
e
tt
er
i
ng
of
t
h
e
t
ee
sh
i
rt
s
t
retched
a
cr
o
ss
he
r
a
m
ple boso
m
,
causing
t
h
e letters to elongat
e
.